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  "markdown": "Venture firm.\n\nWebsite: https://www.blackrock.com\n\n## Companies on Anchor Terminal\n\n- **Anthropic**, Series F, September 2025, Series G, February 2026, through affiliated funds of BlackRock\n  - [Claude API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/anthropic-api.md), graded BB, 77.3/100\n  - [Claude Agent SDK](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-agent-sdk.md), graded BB, 70.1/100\n  - [Claude Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-code.md), graded C, 59.9/100\n  - Source: https://www.anthropic.com/news/anthropic-raises-series-f-at-usd183b-post-money-valuation\n- **Anthropic, PBC**, Series F, September 2025, Series G, February 2026, through affiliated funds of BlackRock\n  - [Claude Duet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-duet.md), graded F, 17.9/100\n  - Source: https://www.anthropic.com/news/anthropic-raises-series-f-at-usd183b-post-money-valuation\n- **Superhuman Platform Inc.**, $200M+ round, November 2021\n  - [Coda (Superhuman Docs)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/coda.md), graded B, 64.8/100\n  - Source: https://www.grammarly.com/blog/company/third-funding-round/\n- **Deepgram**, Series C, January 2026\n  - [Deepgram Speech-to-Text (Nova-3, Flux)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepgram-stt.md), graded BB, 70.4/100\n  - [Deepgram Text-to-Speech (Aura-2, Flux TTS)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepgram-tts.md), graded BB, 72.8/100\n  - [Deepgram Voice Agent API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepgram-voice-agent.md), graded B, 68.2/100\n  - Source: https://deepgram.com/learn/press-release-deepgram-raises-series-c\n- **GoCardless**, Series G, February 2022, through BlackRock Private Equity Partners\n  - [GoCardless Bank Account Data](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gocardless-bank-account-data.md), graded E, 41.8/100\n  - Source: https://gocardless.com/blog/312m-series-g-funding-round\n- **Contentsquare (Content Square, Inc.)**, Series E, May 2021, Series F, July 2022\n  - [Heap](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/heap.md), graded D, 53.1/100\n  - Source: https://contentsquare.com/press/contentsquare-500m-series-e-investment/\n- **Odoo SA**, €500M secondary, November 2024\n  - 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